In pictures: Pro-Morsi Al-Azhar students clash with security
Student supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim brotherhood clashed…
South Africa to sentence 20 extremists for Mandela death plot
The "Boeremag" organisation had planned a right-wing coup in 2002 to overthrow…
Israel arrests Hamas members in West Bank
Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since it took over the territory…
Peace envoy visits Syria as Russia slams rebel threats
The envoy has been on a regional tour, taking in Turkey but…
Kuwait upholds jail for Shia over prophet tweets
Naqi was tried on charges of insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, in addition…
Turkey police fire tear gas to disperse court protesters
The Ankara court on Monday rejected a demand by the victim's lawyers…
First Egyptian sumo wrestler soars to top flight
The Japan Sumo Association raised 21-year-old Egyptian Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, who goes…
Saudi women ‘drive-in’ falters amid threats
One of the videos uploaded to YouTube shows a woman cloaked in…
Money doesn’t grow on trees but gold leaf does: study
Geochemist Mel Lintern said it appeared the trees sucked up the gold…
EU restarts membership talks with Turkey after 3-year break
Keen to breathe new life into Ankara's long-stalled effort to prise open…